MS-13 members flash a hand sign from a police cell in San Salvador. The Latin American street gang, which has thousands of members in the US, has been linked to human trafficking, murder and rape. Photograph: Reuters

Any mechanism that exposes the uncomfortable realities of human trafficking, however imperfect, deserves to be supported Continue reading...

Officials of Uganda's anti-narcotic unit display a consignment of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine intercepted by the police at the airport in the capital, Kampala, in August 2011. Photograph: Reuters

Olusegun Obasanjo: West Africa is now a major route for illegal drugs but a new approach can stop it being scarred by the carnage Continue reading...